As you can see the volumes are set a 70%, this was because i read somewhere that on some occasions the mixer gets things around the wrong way (i've been searching for a solution for a while), so I set at this level in the hopes that i would at least hear something

which is untrue, as I don't hear anything via my speakers, they are plugged in, I have moved them between the various output jacks and still nothing.

the card is on the mother board, I do get a 'beep' from the mother board when I boot up, I believe that I have now dissabled this in the bios (again advice i read somewhere), should I 'undisable it' ?? not that it was working when the beep was on.... although I will do a quick test.

$ soundoffbash: /usr/sbin/soundoff: Permission denieddavem@WachabeServer:~/soundOSS$ sudo soundoff[sudo] password for davem: $ sudo soundonWARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ralink, it will be ignored in a future release.WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ralink, it will be ignored in a future release.WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ralink, it will be ignored in a future release.

what is it with this warning about an ralink config file? why should sound require a 'network' config? or is this somehow related to a very old problem of a usb wifi card I used to use, and just a red herring?

I'm not sure I understand how I should set ensure the " mixext.spkmode is set to 'SPREAD' " is there a command line method to ensure that this is correct? - I do remember seeing something in the GUI about different sets of speakers to use, but I'm not sure where it was

Anyway, will get back onto this particular system again in a while and will then report back.